Last Gasp Books » che http://www.lastgasp.com/blog Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Original Underground Cartoonist: SPAIN http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/09/14/original-underground-cartoonist-spain/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2009/09/14/original-underground-cartoonist-spain/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:18:39 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/?p=256 Spain Rodriguez is one of the original Zap cartoonists and a fascinating figure with a lot of great stories. He’s having an art show and will be speaking at the Cartoon Art Museum this Thursday, Sept 17.

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Here’s the invite:

The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents Spain Rodriguez: Rebel in Ink, a retrospective exhibition celebrating the art of seminal underground comix creator and San Francisco legend Spain Rodriguez.

Rebel in Ink looks back on Rodriguez’s 40-plus years as a comic book artist, providing the most comprehensive gallery exhibition of his work to date. In the late 1960s, Rodriguez was one of the pioneers of the underground comix movement, through work on such groundbreaking publications as The East Village Other, Zap Comix, and the first underground tabloid, Zodiac Mindwarp, which was created by Rodriguez. Trashman, one of Rodriguez’s best known creations, was an icon in underground newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s. Rodriguez was an early pioneer of online comics as well, and he collaborated with the late comics historian and writer Bob Callahan in the 1990s on The Dark Hotel, which was featured on the popular website Salon.com. Rodriguez has also been active as an educator at various Bay Area colleges and schools. Among his more recent works are numerous illustrations for the mainstream press, several anthology comics collections, and the critically acclaimed Che: A Graphic Biography, a 2008 graphic novel depicting the life and times of Che Guevara.

The opening reception for this exhibition will take place on Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 7:00-9:00pm. Spain Rodriguez will look back at his long and storied career in a discussion moderated by Cartoon Art Museum founder Malcolm Whyte. This event is free and open to the public.

Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-CAR-TOON
www.cartoonart.org

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There are few members of the 1960s underground comics wave whose names inspire more awe and respect than that of Spain Rodriguez. He, along with Robert Crumb, was one of the original members of Zap Comics and has a reputation as a political artist who pushes the boundaries of creativity. He is the author of several graphic novels, including CHE: A Graphic Biography.

]]> http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2008/12/17/spain-rodriguez-video/feed/ 3 Underground Cartoonist SPAIN signing CHE http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2008/09/30/underground-cartoonist-spain-signing-che/ http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/2008/09/30/underground-cartoonist-spain-signing-che/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:16:21 +0000 Colin http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/?p=87 Legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez (Zap Comix, She: Big Bitch Anthology) will be signing his new book, CHE: A Graphic Biography here in San Francisco!

Che: A Graphic Biography

October 2 at 7:00pm at City Lights Bookstore in North Beach

October 22 at 7:00pm at Modern Times Bookstore in the Mission District.

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